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New £1.5m unit to tackle racial inequalities in science

March 24, 2022
The Royal Society of Chemistry has established a Race & Ethnicity Unit to break down barriers to equality and lead systemic change across chemical sciences. Actions, not words, are required...

Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals

March 7, 2022
Researchers engineered a strain of bacteria to break down carbon dioxide (CO2), converting it into commonly used chemicals. The approach removes CO2 from the atmosphere and bypasses using fossil fuels...

Renewable energy’s hybrid fuel blue hydrogen can help protect the climate

December 2, 2021
Blue hydrogen - a renewable fuel hybrid technology - can play a positive role in the energy transition – under certain conditions concludes an international group of researchers. Blue hydrogen...

UK demonstrates its first ‘green’ high-powered rocket engine

November 22, 2021
A UK nuclear fusion company based in Bletchley, has just developed and tested its first launch capable, high-power chemical rocket engine in the UK. The company’s ultimate ambition in the...

Chemistry breakthrough leads way to more sustainable pharmaceuticals

November 22, 2021
Chemistry researchers at the University of Bath have developed a new method using blue light to create pharmaceuticals in a more sustainable way, significantly reducing the amount of energy needed...

The plastics industry must go under the knife for a more sustainable future

November 22, 2021
After 50 years of carefree consumption, urgent transformation is needed to negate large-scale greenhouse gases (GHG) being emitted annually by the plastics sector into the global atmosphere. In 2021, the...

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